Questions tagged [electrical]
Distribution and use of electricity throughout the home. Electrical standards vary greatly worldwide, so you need to provide your location in your question or profile to ensure you get answers that are relevant to you. Posting photographs of wiring junctions or drawing a wiring diagram and posting it is also highly recommended.
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Replacing outlet, odd wiring and wire cut off
Looking for advise on how to replace this oddly wired outlet. It looks like's it's a 1/2 hot with the hot side tab broken off. The part that has me concerned is the fact that one of the neutrals is ...
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Can a fuse panel supporting knob-and-tube wiring be replaced without a new feed or updated circuits?
Home built before 1910. It is a 3-story structure with plaster walls and some BX, some cable and a lot of knob and tube. In the hallway on the second floor is a fuse panel for that floor and some of ...
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Dust Collector Fries GFCIs
I have a 1.5HP Delta 50-760 dust collector wired for 120V, rated 15A 120V / 7.5A 240V (3450 RPM capacitor start motor). It starts slowly and takes a while to spin up, so presumably it has a high ...
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Neutral connections are not grounded to the chassis
I'm trying to learn what the following means in relation to wiring a 240V Euro appliance in the US.
With European 240 V mains, one side of the circuit might be neutral, i.e., about ground potential. ...
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Can I use a 20A toggle switch to change between batteries and a 30A campground outlet?
I'm building an RV from a bread truck. I'm using a 120v fridge, 120v portable AC, and a 120v TV. I'm running solar to a deep cycle battery which has a 2000/4000 watt sine wave inverter. I want to run ...
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Help wiring European Stove In the US
I apologize for writing a second similar post. I'm new to the site and was having difficulty uploading an image/diagram. I deleted the second one and attached the diagram here.
Long story short, I ...
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Warped Light switches [closed]
I have 5 (paddle type) light switches in my home that are warping. Four of them are double pole switches (two on the same circuit, the other two on a different circuit). The 5th one is a single pole ...
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How can I combine three switched circuits into one? [closed]
I have 3 light switches in my basement. Each one operates 4 recessed lights. I'd like to get all the lights on one switch. Is it as simple as getting an appropriate sized switch and combining the ...
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Outlet tester shows correct but dim top light
My outlet tester shows correct but the top light is dim. This does not happen with the other outlets I've tested. The outlet with the issue does work but this worries me. What could be the issue? If I ...
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The light on my ceiling fan shuts off every 2 minutes and 47 seconds. NOT the ceiling fan, JUST the light
I have an older concord remote control that works with my ceiling fan and light. The light shuts off automatically every 2 minutes and 47 seconds. Then I push the button on the remote to turn the ...
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I hit metal inside wooden stud
I'm about to install a new outlet. Whe drilling horizontally through a vertical stud, I hit something metal. The location of the stud very low to the ground, behind my baseboard. This is between two ...
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Can I wire two 50amp inlets for a generator together?
I have a wgen20000 generator and I want to make full use of the power.
A 50amp plug will only do up to 12kw
I have two 50amp outlets on the generator.
Can I connect two 50amp inlets together and run ...
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What's the cause of my lights flickering, when they're on multiple breakers
All of the lights in my home are flickering randomly. At some times of the day it's heavy flickering and at other times it's barely noticable. Other appliances in my home don't appear to be affected ...
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Help wiring European electric stove in United States [duplicate]
Long story short, I accidently ended up with a new European electric stove in the United States. It's 40 AMP, 240V and 50/60 Hz compatible. Coming off the Circuit breaker I have two hot wires (red/...
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Remote-Controlled Ceiling Light OK?
In my ceiling is a recessed light box that is live via a breaker. The old light had a pull chain to turn it off. My new ceiling light has a remote control for on/off. Will this be safe?
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